batteries

[latecomer]

Any particular brand of battery better then another? do 6v batteries have better cranking power? Thanks latecomer

[700rpm]

I had a 6v Firestone battery that lasted for nine years. Most other brands I buy last about 3 years, or just about the length of their warranty. I have always run 6v batteries (53 years and counting).

[latecomer]

Thanks for the reply on batteries my first 6v lasted just about three and a half years.

[kwisor]

hello
i have a napa 6v battey now for 9 years still going strong
kevin
1930 model a tudor
1923 model t roadster p/u

[eagle]

Any battery will last if treated properly. Use a maintainer in the winter. Set your 3rd brush properly or use a voltage regulator so it doesn't overcharge. Never let the battery discharge. Treat the battery properly and they will all be fine. All brands will have a battery now and then that fails prematurely, thats just the way it is.

[glenn in camino]

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You can't beat the Optima dry cells.

[Fred K-OR]

I use interstate batteries in all my A's, Ford 8 N and my D2 Cat. Have had good luck with them all.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Vermin is not driving yet, with his new Optima. I've read that the Optima gives a huge burst on initial cranking?? My engine was built in '87 & only has about 40 miles on it. After sitting for 2 1/2 years, I couldn't budge it with the KROOKEDY crank. With ONLY the starter hooked up, the great old Optima spun that Dude over, like, "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR---RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! & YES! the plugs were in it!! MAN! I gotta' git offen' my DUFF & finish thet rattle-trap!---Bill W.

[latecomer]

Thanks for all the rap on batteries guys Ill give the interstate a shot. latecomer

[1931 flamingo]

I believe there are only 2 or 3 battery manuf (besides Optima) left, and they make all the batteries?
Paul in CT

[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by 1931 flamingo

I believe there are only 2 or 3 battery manuf (besides Optima) left, and they make all the batteries?
Paul in CT

yea exide is one of them (make alot of store brands)

doesnt really matter - they all have duds. get the cheapest with the longest warranty. usually farm stores

[Growley bear]

I worked for a guy who had a theory that the cheap batteries outlasted the more expensive ones. Because the plates were shorter and so there was more space between the plates and the bottom of the case. His theory was that there was more room for sediment to collect before shorting across the plates.

Chet

[Growley bear]

Originally Posted by latecomer

Thanks for all the rap on batteries guys Ill give the interstate a shot. latecomer

I like the Optima (1) it is a real power house (2) It doesn't emit corrosive vapor which causes rust. (3) It doesn't leak. It could be installed upside down. (4) They are spendy.

Chet

[Kurt in NJ]

The Optima was the last battery I bought, over 16 years ago, all my modern cars have been using "free" batterys from the junk piles, now my A has one when the
Optima died last year, I didn't have any 6v ones so I cut a 12v in 1/2

I figured if I bought a new Optima I wouldn't get the same service I got from the first one,that I would be dissapointed, I looked for other 6V agm options but didn't find any, I contemplated cutting apart one of these agm Mercedes batterys and trying to put it inside the script case, it would be nice if the repro script batterys while looking original on the outside used new tec inside so they would last more than the 2-3 years

Another option is to go to Interstate ans ask if they have any "econo" 6v batterys, I got 5 years fron one of them before the Optima, they are usually warranty returns that wern't really bad, usually not very old